Office holiday party tonight for me, so I'm mixing it up well. A little merlot, a bud light, Dewars, now a little whiskey and coke. Open bar demands variety. I wish they had a better beer selection, but I've got Two Hearted at home.

I am sipping some of the wine I found on sale - Marques de Caceres 2008. A most excellent Rioja wine and highly recommended by me. This, coupled with the Minnesota-Green Bay game makes for a very nice evening indeed.

Elysian puts out a nice range of beers. So do Maritime and Hales and Scuttlebutt and Georgetown and Pike and a bunch of others. Outstate and Oregon have plenty too. No complaints here. I actually changed my mind and went with a Silver City scotch ale instead. 22 ouncer of Bi wasn't cold. Silver City @ 9.2%, Bi only 7.4%, only.

after a glorious afternoon of BEATING ASS with a flyrod on the Pere Marquette's winter steelhead, and a white knuckle 2 hour drive through snow, slush and associated winter nonsense, I find that something in a purple bag is especially comforting.